--- title: Then they sold it to him for the gold pieces, and when he had bought… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then they sold it to him for the gold pieces, and when he had bought it and they had departed, he kindled fire and burnt the incense, and offered it up to God as a sweet-smelling sacrifice. Who acts: wares, brother. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wares, brother), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg29672:19:147 # text = Then they sold it to him for the gold pieces, and when he had bought it and they had departed, he kindled fire and burnt the incense, and offered it up to God as a sweet-smelling sacrifice. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 kindled kindle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 25 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 burnt burnt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 39 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 smelling smell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 amod _ _ 42 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past | wares *= ware* | incense | brother | | then | for the gold pieces | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient for piece=Asset | | 2 | **buy** | past · perfect | brother | incense | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **depart** | past · perfect | wares *= ware* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **kindle** | past | brother | fire | | | | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient | | 5 | **burnt** | past | brother *not said here* | the incense | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **offer up** | past | wares *= ware* *not said here* | incense | God | | | as a smelling sacrifice | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent it=Theme to god=Goal | | 7 | **smell** | gerund | | | | | | | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/146/) - next →: [sentence 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/148/) - ↑ back to [The Tsar and the Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/)